Coronavirus crisis open thread - March

Yes it is, it’s not like they moved it away from Europe. They just split from the EU.

Some take their rabbit. Or parrot. I haven’t seen a chicken yet.

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I wonder how long we can keep Johnny Chinaren out of Taiwan. I’m all for forever. But one day they’ll be back.

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" professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford" He should go in to practical/actual epidemiology.

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" - Chinese mainland reports 78 new infections of COVID-19 on March 23, with 74 being imported cases; 7 new deaths,all in Wuhan of Hubei ( Read more )

  • Total COVID-19 imported cases in China reach 427 as of Monday ( Read more )

  • Wuhan reports 1 new COVID-19 case in six days ( Read more )"

Did they study the ‘moron’ gene?

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Something not right with the ‘Mediterranean diet’?

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So is Taiwan’s official policy, unless you are in a crowded space. Since it’s always crowded in most situations outside the house, organizations and people themselves still urge mask use regardless.

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Belgium had 6 million in stock for emergencies since 2009, shelf life expired, thrown out and never replaced for budget reasons. Ha!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/can-a-face-mask-protect-me-from-coronavirus-covid-19-myths-busted

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It makes people live too long.

10 posts were split to a new topic: Life in Shanghai

In this article, a risk assessment model previously developed in general form was used to estimate the effectiveness of different types of protective equipment in reducing the rate of infection in an influenza outbreak. It was found that a 50% compliance in donning the device resulted in a significant (at least 50% prevalence and 20% cumulative incidence) reduction in risk for fitted and unfitted N95 respirators, high-filtration surgical masks, and both low-filtration and high-filtration pediatric masks. An 80% compliance rate essentially eliminated the influenza outbreak.

https://www.ft.com/content/ad7ae6b4-5eab-11ea-b0ab-339c2307bcd4

Masks stop influenza in Hong Kong

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Oh man… :cry:

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Iconic Japanese comedian Ken Shimura caught the Wuhan virus, and is fighting the virus with the help of ventilators

Used to watch his show a lot. Him and Chu Ke-liang were about the only things worth watching on cable back then.

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Instant noodles then. I have a hunch Italians would rather die than eat them.

Wait, wait…I have another hunch…its the preservatives and monosodium glutamate…get me the Pantsaregone!

No, wait, wait, wait…get me that PORN STAR someone posted about up yonder. Her social isolation is hereby revoked.

We lived in Hangzhou for five years and it’s awful compared to here :slight_smile:

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